Bachelors, in the sense of unmarried men, have in many countries been subjected to ridicule and draconian penal laws. At Sparta, citizens who remained unmarried after a certain age suffered various penalties. Isolated instances of such penalties occur during the Middle Ages, e.g. by a charter of liberties granted by Matilda I, countess of Nevers, to Auxerre in 1223, an annual tax of five solidi is imposed on any man qui non habet uxorem et est bache-larius. In Great Britain there has been no direct legislation bearing on bachelors; but, occasionally, taxes have been made to bear more heavily on them than on others. Instances of this are an Act passed in 1695; the tax on servants, 1785; and the income tax, 1798.In some cultures, the \"punishment\" of bachelors is no more than a teasing game. In small towns in Germany, for example, men who were still unmarried on their 30th birthday were made to sweep the stairs of the town hall until kissed by a virgin. This \"punishment\" is still practiced today in parts of Northern Germany\nSamuel J. Tilden, Told a friend he never slept with a woman in his life. \nAndré the Giant, wrestler (had a daughter and at least two serious girlfriends though) \nArthur Balfour, British Prime Minister \nBenjamin Banneker, scientist \nLudwig van Beethoven, Composer \nRichard BedfordBennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada \nPierre Boulle, French authorJohannes Brahms, ComposerHenry Brandon, ActorJames Buchanan, 15th U.S. President, only President who was never married (Though he was engaged, but his fiance died before they got married)Archibald Butt, Military Aide to and close friend of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Died in the sinking of the Titanic.Billy Campbell, ActorDrew Carey, comedianGeorge Washington Carver, scientistWilt Chamberlain, basketball player, athleteEugène Delacroix, painter \nMatt Dillon, Actor \nGeorge Eastman, founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. \nPaul Erdos, legendary Mathematician; died as a celibate \nRicky Gervais, Comedian (has been in a relationship for over 20 years but says he doesn\'t ever want to get married) \nLindsey Graham, U.S. Senator from South Carolina \nLeonardo da Vinci, Inventor, Artist, Scientist from Italy \nAnthony Michael Hall, actor \nGeorge Frideric Handel, Composer \nEdward Heath, British Prime Minister \nChristopher Hewett, actor \nJ. Edgar Hoover, FBIDirector(rumored to be gay) \nLangston Hughes, poet \nGeorge Clooney, actor, director, producer, screenwriter (was married briefly but has sworn he\'ll never marry again) \nBilly Idol, musician \nRon Jeremy, porn star \nRichard Mentor Johnson, U.S. Vice President \nJarosław Kaczyński, Current Prime Minister of Poland \nAPJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India \nAnthony Kiedis, lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers \nHerb Kohl, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin \nMark Kzeski, College Instructor \nEd Koch, Mayor of New York \nKarl Lagerfeld, fashion designer \nCarl Lewis, Olympic athlete \nMeriwether Lewis, explorer \nMatthew McConaughey, actor \nPatrick Moore, astronomer (was engaged but his fiancee was killed in the Second World War) \nShemar Moore, actor \nMorrissey, rock musician \nRalph Nader, Environmentalist, consumer advocate, corporate watchdog, presidential candidate \nIsaac Newton, Scientist \nFriedrich Nietzsche \nAl Pacino, Actor (had three children from two separate mothers) [women?]\nTyler Perry, entertainer \nJeremy Piven, actor \nPlato, Greek philosopher \nWładysław Raczkiewicz, President of Poland during World War II \nMaurice Ravel, composer \nCliff Richard, English pop singer \nCesar Romero, actor \nRick Rubin, music producer \nGianni Russo, entertainer \nNipsey Russell, comedian \nChris Bartlett, conflicted bachelor \nJean-Paul Sartre, philosopher \nJimmy Savile, Radio personality \nFranz Schubert, Composer \nRobert Schuman, French Prime Minister, regarded as a founder of the European UnionPhilip Seymour Hoffman, actor \nGene Simmons, rock musician with Kiss \nAdam Smith, Economist \nBaruch de Spinoza, Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin \nDavid Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice \nKevin Spacey, Actor \nHerbert Spencer, English philosopher and political theorist \nRichard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation \nJason Statham, Actor \nQuentin Tarantino, film director, screenwriter and actor \nNicola Tesla, Inventor \nJustin Theroux, Actor \nGeorge Tobias, Actor \nHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter \nAtal Behari Vajpayee, Ex Prime Minister of India \nVincent van Gogh, painter \nLuther Vandross, Singer/Songwriter \nAntonio Vivaldi, Composer \nVoltaire, Author \nVin Diesel, Actor \nArmstrong Williams, conservative activist \nThe Wright Brothers, Aviation pioneers \nA P J Abdul Kalam, Ex President of India \nAntónio Salazar, Portuguese dictatorZmarł 20 września 1996 r. w czasie pobytu na also, and, behaviours, exhibit, flamingos, geese, homosocial, in, lifelong, Several, species, swan